The problem with this generation's consoles? Not one company (#Sony, #Microsoft or #Nintendo) is brave enough to put natural woodgrain on their systems. A missed opportunity that I hope they rectify in future generation consoles.

#playstation #xbox #switch #atari #atari2600 #gaming #videogames

we both know that that's not #Microsoft's trajectory, because if they were smart, they'd already discontinued #Windows, put code into #Wine and instead focussed of #Office365, #Azure and #XboxGamePass...

That being said, I do expect Microsoft to take their experience from the #XboxOneS and start developing basically their reply to #Chromebook with a #ThinClient for #Microsoft365 products...

Looks like #Microsoft, in collaboration with #IBM has open-sourced #MSDOS4 under a #MIT license. I wonder how this will benefit the #FreeDOS project, unless some of that has already been integrated into FreeDOS. This could also be a boon for #RetroComputing enthusiasts. ​​ #DOS #MSDOS #IBM

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/open-sourcing-dos-4

Open Sourcing DOS 4

See the canonical version of this blog post at the Microsoft Open Source Blog! ...

^{www.hanselman.com}

After a great week for Linux, with the releases of Fedora 40 and today Ubuntu 24.04, I would be interested to know which operating system the Fediverse in my "bubble" uses? Linux? Windows? Or macOS or even a BSD? More than one?

Please write in the comments which distribution or version! Thanks for participating and SHARING!

#linux #unix #opensource #freesoftware #windows #microsoft #apple #macos #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #debian #fedora #ubuntu #linuxmint #archlinux #opensuse #gnome #kde

• Linux - Which one? (70%, 19 votes)
• Windows 10/11 (14%, 4 votes)
• macOS (14%, 4 votes)
• FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD (18%, 5 votes)

➡️ It's a Big Freaking Deal when we can move any #UnitedNations organization away from #Microsoft.

The system-wide IT shop UNICC has announced its move to #Matrix:

https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-united-nations-ditches-big-tech-in-a-bid-for-security

The United Nations ditches Big Tech in a bid for security

UNICC has chosen Element to secure its communications

^{Chiara Castro (TechRadar pro)}

The #performance of the #Windows 11 #StartMenu is ridiculously bad

source: https://nitter.privacydev.net/anerdguynow/status/1777764221088129227

The Windows 11 Start Menu is comically bad.

This machine has a $1600 Core i9 CPU and 128 GB of RAM and this is the performance I often get.

What is going on in Redmond?

#software #os #microsoft #problem #criticism #news #fail

Andy Young (@anerdguynow)

The Windows 11 Start Menu is comically bad. This machine has a $1600 Core i9 CPU and 128 GB of RAM and this is the performance I often get. What is going on in Redmond?

^Nitter

#Microsoft is a national #security threat, says ex-#WhiteHouse cyber policy director

Source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/21/microsoft_national_security_risk/

Microsoft has a shocking level of #control over IT within the US federal #government

#technology #CyberSecurity #economy #politics #software #problem #usa #news

Microsoft is a national security threat, says ex-White House cyber policy director

With little competition at the goverment level, Windows giant has no incentive to make its systems safer

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

Y2K failure? Don’t believe the rumor.

#windows #microsoft https://mastodon.social/@256/112310345403679873

never obsolete (@256@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Windows 98 website October 1999 https://web.archive.org/web/19991012111537/http://microsoft.com/windows98/

^Mastodon

Who here wouldn’t want to remove unnecessary apps, save resources, and space on their computers? 🙋🏼

So, whether you just bought yourself a shiny new computer or want to optimize your existing one—@xdadevelopers tells you how the Vivaldi browser (and 9 other apps) can make your experience on Windows even sweeter 👇

https://www.xda-developers.com/10-apps-should-install-new-pc/

#Windows #Tech #Microsoft

10 essential apps you should install on your new PC

Just got a new Windows PC? Here are 10 apps you should install to help you make the most of it.

^{João Carrasqueira (XDA)}

No #LinuxFoundation, not "rebel", but "evil 800 pound gorilla suing the life out of projects left and right"

Don't whitewash history
#ossummit #opensource #Microsoft

How to Block the New Ads Microsoft Added to Windows 11

#microsoft

https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-block-ads-in-windows-11

How to Block the New Ads Microsoft Added to Windows 11

Unless you really like seeing ads in the Start menu.

^{Pranay Parab (Lifehacker)}

Hallo @BSI wieso ist denn das #BSI im Vergleich zu den Behörden in den USA so zaghaft, wenn es um das Thema #Microsoft geht?

Meine Frage bezieht sich auf folgenden lesenswerten Artikel:
https://www.heise.de/meinung/Kommentar-Microsofts-Sicherheitspraxis-wird-zur-Gefahr-und-das-BSI-schweigt-9686629.html

#security #itsec #bsi

Kommentar: Die gefährliche Beißhemmung des BSI gegenüber Microsoft

Nach den Vorfällen bei Microsoft greifen die US-Behörden durch. Das passive BSI sollte sich ein Beispiel an den US-Kollegen nehmen, meint Jürgen Schmidt.

^Security

New from @STAT's Casey Ross and me:

#Microsoft has helped organize at least 4 efforts to set standards in #healthcare #AI. Is that problematic?

also: did I sneak a history of the EPA's TSCA into a story about AI? ✨click to find out✨

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/18/microsoft-health-care-artificial-intelligence-regulatory-capture/

#health #healthcare #healthtech #medicine #healthpolicy #regulatorycapture

Microsoft's role in setting AI standards, while selling tech, raises questions

For some, Microsoft's deep involvement in groups setting standards for the use of AI in health care raises questions about "regulatory capture."

^{Brittany Trang (STAT)}

I'm struggling to find words... 😂

https://www.windowslatest.com/2024/04/16/microsoft-copilot-app-spotted-in-windows-server-2022-but-it-does-nothing-for-now/

#microsoft #technology

Microsoft says it accidentally added Copilot app to Windows Server 2022

Copilot automatically installs on Windows Server 2022 and is confusing a lot of users who never give their permission to install the app.

^{Abhishek Mishra (Windows Latest)}

So, Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022 systems and this is a disaster.

How can you push a tool that siphons data to a third party onto a security-critical system?

What privileges does it have upon install? Who thought this is a good idea? And most importantly, who needs this?

#infosec #security #openai #microsoft #windowsserver #copilot

Intressant dokumentär som beskriver hur Europa blev och är en Microsoft-mjukvarukoloni.

https://kolektiva.media/w/ra7bfqXCyqBFn7dSFhneFy

#opensource #microsoft #linux #documentary #technology

The Microsoft-Dilemma - Europe as a Software Colony | Full Documentary

Many state and public administrations from Helsinki to Lisbon operate with the software of the US corporation. It makes them vulnerable for hackers and spies, violates European public procurement l...

^{kolektiva.media}

Don’t do this Microsoft.

The incremental revenue you gain from sticking ads in the Windows Start Menu will not be worth the good will that will be burned.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations

#microsoft #windows

Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu

The first ads in the Windows 11 Start menu will be very similar to the app recommendations Microsoft used in Windows 10.

^{Tom Warren (The Verge)}

A German state has said no to Microsoft!

https://news.itsfoss.com/german-state-ditches-microsoft/

#opensource #microsoft

Wow! German State Ditches Microsoft for Open-Source Software

The end of dominance for Microsoft in this German state, replacing Windows with Linux, and Office with Libreoffice.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

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#Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in #security lapse

source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/microsoft-employees-exposed-internal-passwords-security-lapse/

Security researchers Can Yoleri, Murat Özfidan and Egemen Koçhisarlı with #SOCRadar, a #cybersecurity company that helps organizations find security weaknesses, discovered an open and public storage server hosted on Microsoft’s #Azure #cloud service that was storing internal information relating to Microsoft’s #Bing search engine.

#fail #password #leak #problem #news

Instead of blowing a shitload of donation money on #AI bs, how about you actually focus on what really matters, @mozilla ?

Like:

• making #Firefox great and not a marginally less shitty browser compared to #Google #Chrome / #GoogleChrome...
• making @thunderbird / #Thunderbird a really good #mail client and not a marginally less shitty #eMail program than #Microsoft #Outlook / #MicrosoftOutlook and #Apple Mail #AppleMail ...

Seriously:

1. log off
2. get outside
3. touch grass
4. take a good and long sleep
5. rethink what you just posted
6. undo the harm you just did.

Sincerely,
A longterm Firefox and Thunderbird user.

It seems like it’s amateur hour at #Microsoft.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/10/24126057/microsoft-azure-server-internal-passwords-exposed-cybersecurity

#infosec

I do not have a degree from Harvard Business School, so my take on this maybe completely wrong...

If one has a service that costs more than $20/month/user and then turns around to sell the service for $10/month/user... That doesn't seem like a good business plan.

Maybe it's just me...

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/10/so-far-ai-hasnt-been-profitable-for-big-tech/

#ai #microsoft

So far, AI hasn’t been profitable for Big Tech

Microsoft loses around $20 per user per month on GitHub Copilot, according to the WSJ.

^{Ars Technica}

German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice

#openSource #microsoft #linux #LibreOffice

https://www.zdnet.com/article/german-state-ditches-microsoft-for-linux-and-libreoffice/

German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice

Why? Schleswig-Holstein cites cost, security, and digital sovereignty - though not necessarily in that order.

^{Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)}

Review of the Summer 2023 #Microsoft #Exchange Online #Intrusion

source: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/CSRB_Review_of_the_Summer_2023_MEO_Intrusion_Final_508c.pdf

the cascade of Microsoft’s avoidable errors that allowed this intrusion to succeed;

#attack #hack #fail #security #cybersecurity #news #problem

⚡ Watch out: #Microsoft joins #Google & #Facebook with its focus on ads first. ⚡

When creating a test account, #Outlook informed us of 813 data sharing partners! 🫢

Plus, the "new" Outlook app is quietly storing your data in the cloud, including your passwords.
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/outlook-shares-passwords-with-microsoft

Dear #microsoft, I am in China, but my Windows region is set to UK. My display language is set to English (UK), I'm using a VPN so my IP address is not Chinese. I'm signed into a UK Microsoft account with the language of that account set to, you've guessed, English (UK).

So, why is every single widget on the Windows 11 widget side bar in Chinese with Chinese content?

Immer mehr evangelische Landeskirchen, aber auch Freikirchen setzen auf Microsoft 365 und liefern ihre Daten ihrer Gläubigen schutzlos an #Microsoft aus.

Das scheint wohl der neue goldene Kalb zu sein.

#EvangelischeKirche #Kirche #Datenschutz #DSGVO #Tracking